On the open green field of the Demon King's Palace, a group of shadow ponies of various colors were running and playing. Several small ponies were rolling on the grass, while the four golden shadow ponies that had pulled the cart were elegantly eating spiritual plants.
Yin Yu flew down from the air, holding the drunken rat that kept barking in his hand, and threw it to the ground unceremoniously after landing.
"Your Majesty, we've brought it here." Yin Yu said respectfully.
The drunkard got up from the ground and looked at the wolf-eared boy in front of him in surprise. It wasn't until Cang Mo glanced at him coldly that he recognized him. He quickly shrank his neck and shouted, "Your Highness..."
The terrain of the Shadow Cave is complicated, and the identity of the man in black is unknown, so he needs to bring a drunkard to find him.
The little demon in charge of raising horses brought two inconspicuous variegated spirit shadow horses. The spirit shadow horses smelled Cang Mo's breath and immediately lowered their heads meekly.
"Why are there only two?" Lin Qingyang asked puzzledly.
"You don't know how to ride a horse." Cang Mo said calmly.
Lin Qingyang was speechless for a moment to refute. When he was at Jiuxiaomen, he relied on the Tianyan Wanli Formation to travel, so he really didn't have much chance to ride a horse.
"Let's go." Cang Mo said, stepping forward to pick him up and place him firmly on the horse. Then he also turned over and glanced at Yin Yu.
Yin Yu immediately understood, picked up the wine mouse and threw it on the back of another spirit shadow horse. The spirit shadow horse seemed to be disgusted and shook twice dissatisfiedly. The wine mouse was so frightened that he quickly hugged the horse's neck.
"Your Highness... Actually, I'm not very good at riding a horse either..." the drunkard said with a flattering smile.
Cang Mo ignored it and stretched out his hand to pull up the reins. Lin Qingyang was trapped in his arms, and she leaned forward uncomfortably. The next second, the Spirit Shadow Horse soared into the air, and Lin Qingyang was carried by inertia and fell back into his arms, closer than before.
Yin Yu also slapped the butt of Jiu Mouse's Spirit Shadow Colt, and the Spirit Shadow Colt neighed and flew out accompanied by the screams of Drunk Mouse.
Lin Qingyang leaned in Cang Mo's arms, her back pressed tightly against her hard chest. The hot body temperature spread through the fabric. She couldn't help but move forward, but Cang Mo's deep voice came to her ears.
"Don't move, it's dangerous at high altitudes."
After hearing what he said, Lin Qingyang couldn't move anymore and could only lean on him like this.
Next to the two of them, another Spirit Shadow Horse flew by quickly. It seemed to be a rare sight. This Spirit Shadow Horse was particularly excited and jumped up and down in the air. Drunken Mouse screamed and hugged the horse's neck. He was knocked half of his body into the air. Amid bursts of screams, the two Spirit Shadow Horses flew towards the depths of the forest outside the Demon Emperor City.
The Spirit Shadow Horse passed through a cold, damp and misty forest, and finally landed in front of a huge earth-fissured canyon.
The vegetation here is sparse, the rocks are rugged, a ferocious crack is torn open in the earth, a strange red light is faintly revealed in the bottomless darkness, accompanied by bursts of heart-stopping wind howling out, the wind mixed with the rancid smell of blood.
"Here... here." Drunken Mouse rolled off his horse, his legs still trembling. He didn't know whether he was frightened or shaken by the bumps along the way just now.
Cang Mo turned over and dismounted, and quickly hugged Lin Qingyang down.
There is a row of randomly protruding stones on the stone wall on one side of the canyon, and you can barely see a bit of stone steps, winding down to the depths of the canyon, which is the only passage here.
"Let's go." Cang Mo said, waving his hand, the two spiritual shadow horses went deep into the woods.
Drunken Mouse led the way and climbed down the stone steps first, using both hands and feet to climb down carefully.
For Lin Qingyang, this was really a bit strenuous. The stone steps were extremely irregular, with some bulges only two inches wide, and many places on them were covered with slippery moss. If they were not careful, they would slip into the abyss. Lin Qingyang couldn't help complaining as he went down. What the hell, you have to climb rocks to do business. How desperate is it to want to come here to buy something? He was muttering, and his feet slipped. Lin Qingyang quickly grabbed a bulge and barely managed to steady himself.
"Want to help?" Cang Mo's voice came from above.
They saw him stepping on a stone, with most of his body hanging in the air and still standing upright, looking at ease.
Lin Qingyang looked at it speechlessly, wondering why this kid liked playing harp so much now, but he would never embarrass himself about such things, so he nodded simply.
The drunk mouse was struggling to climb down when he felt a gust of wind passing above his head, and saw Cang Mo holding Lin Qingyang, rising and falling easily on the rock wall, stepping lightly on the rock wall with his toes, and then jumped far away.
The drunk mouse looked at it in shock, how could it be like this? A pair of small eyes rolled, and suddenly something came to mind, and he muttered, "This pretty boy... could he be the demon king's concubine?"
Cang Mo hugged Lin Qingyang and landed steadily, putting the person in his arms down.
Lin Qingyang stood on the somewhat slippery ground and gathered up his robe. The temperature underground was much lower than above. Inside the Shadow Cave was a huge underground cave space. There were countless sharp and ferocious stalactites hanging upside down above the head, dripping with unknown turbid liquid in the darkness.
There is no sunlight here, and the entire underground cave is shrouded in a strange cold-toned light. It is the luminous moss all over the rock walls, domes and even the ground, showing a sickly blue and pale green, illuminating the entire space in an eerie and terrifying way.
The air was filled with a disgusting complex smell - the smell of rotting earth, the greasy smell of inferior powder, the spicy residue of burning certain herbs, and even a faint smell of blood.
An underground river meanders next to it. The water is a strange dark green, with black shadows floating on the water that may not be garbage or animal carcasses. Occasionally, there are a few bubbling turbid waves.
Panting, the drunk rat climbed down from the rock wall, pointed to a densely lit area in front of the underground river, and said, "That's it."
Lin Qingyang pulled off his hood and covered his face. The three of them went down the underground river. More and more people gradually started to appear. Both sides of the river bank were densely packed with various "stalls". There were no neat counters here. Most of the so-called shops just spread a rag on the ground. Or they can directly occupy a large flat bluestone. The goods sold are not common, including strange-looking poisonous insects, bones of different shapes, herbs with unknown uses, and some stalls even have a few demon pills stained with blood, and many people are gathered around to bargain.
Lin Qingyang frowned and walked among them. Most of the "customers" and "vendors" who came and went were wearing loose black robes, with their hoods pulled down extremely low, revealing only a section of their pale chin or a pair of eyes with greedy and vigilant eyes shining in the shadows. There was no noisy hawking here, only a moment of silence. There were low-spirited whispers, like countless flies buzzing in the ears. Only a group of monsters gathering together for gambling would occasionally erupt into a few sharp strange laughs or curses. In the shadows of the corners, there were always a few malicious eyes peeking out, as if they were looking for fat sheep or prey.
Going further, there are many small honeycomb-like holes cut out in the rock walls on the roadside. The holes are hung with tattered curtains, and unpleasant moans and gasps can be heard from inside. There are occasionally caves without curtains, in which almost naked enchanting banshees pose seductively towards people passing by without hesitation.
Cang Mo stepped forward and squeezed to Lin Qingyang's side, blocking his sight, and said, "This is a succubus. It feeds on the essence. Once you look at it, you will be fascinated."
A few people walked through the chaotic stalls and came to a stalagmite. The huge stalagmite cast a shadow, making the surrounding light even darker. A small green lamp was dimly lit in the shadow.
"That's it!" said the drunkard, pointing to that place.